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Maruoka Castle Cherry Blossom Festival 2025 will be held （ Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture ）.

Maruoka Castle Cherry Blossom Festival" will be held on March 25 （ Tuesday ） ～ April 18 （ Friday ）. Maruoka Castle is recognized as one of the "100 Best Cherry Blossom Sites in Japan" and is also known as "Kasumiga Castle" because Maruoka Castle appears to be surrounded by a haze as it floats above the cherry blossoms in full bloom. During the festival, approximately 300 paper lanterns illuminate the surrounding area, creating a fantastic world of nighttime cherry blossoms floating dimly in the night sky.

Overview
Cherry Blossom Festival Period

Date ： March 25, 2025 （ Tue ） ～ April 18 （ Fri ）

Place ： Maruoka Castle area

Bonbori Lighting Time ： 18 ： 00 ～ 22 ： 00 *only on March 25, 18 ： 30 ～

Bonbori Lighting Ceremony

Date and Time ： 202 March 25, 2025 （ Tue ） 18 ： 30
Place ： Park in front of castle tower

Event
Date ： April 5, 2025 （ Sat ）, 6 （ Sun
10 ： 00 ～ 21 ： 00

Location ： In front of Ichibenkei Jaya

Contents ：

0 Stage Event
0 Castle Market Product sales ）
Children's fair corner, etc.

Parking ：

Fureai Hiroba temporary parking lot （ Pay ）
Isshu-kenjo, Japan's shortest letter museum, Ura parking lot （ Free ）
Joto Ground Parking Lot （ Free ）

For more information （ Maruoka Castle HP ）


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Sakai City, Fukui Prefecture

Sakai City, home to Tojinbo, one of Fukui Prefecture's most famous tourist attractions, is a "treasure house of tourism" filled with the charms of the Hokuriku region. The city has various tourist attractions such as "Maruoka Castle," one of only 12 remaining castles in Japan, "Mikuni Minato," which prospered through trade with the Kitamae Line, and "Ojima," a power spot with virgin forests. Echizen is also blessed with abundant food such as Echizen crab, amaebi (sweet shrimp), and grated buckwheat noodles, and is the birthplace of Koshihikari rice. It was ranked third overall in the Hokuriku area in the "13th Best Countryside to Live in 2025," and is attracting attention as a place to move to.


Tojinbo
Tojinbo, with its magnificent rock walls （ and columnar joints ） stretching about 1 km, is considered one of the "world's three most beautiful places" and is designated as a national monument ・ because it is an extremely valuable geological site The coastline is a spectacular place to see the beauty of the sea and the sea. The spectacular view of the coastline allows visitors to enjoy the dynamic nature of the area. The dazzling blue sky and the Sea of Japan in early summer, the evening view of the sun setting over the Sea of Japan in autumn, and the wild waves and cold winds when the snow flurries. All of these are the wonderful scenery that Tojinbo and the great nature of the Sea of Japan show us in each of the four seasons.


Maruoka Castle
Maruoka Castle, also known as Kasumiga Castle, is a flat mountain castle built on an independent hill in the plain. It was built by Katsuyoyo Shibata, a nephew of Katsuie Shibata ・, under the order of Nobunaga Oda, as a preparation for the Ikko Uprising in the Warring States Period (1576). Maruoka Castle Keep was built before the Edo period (1603-1867), and is one of the 12 existing keeps that remain in their original form to this day. It was completely destroyed by the Fukui Earthquake of 1948, but was restored in 1955 by reusing many of the main components of the castle, including the materials used for the keep and the stone walls. The ancient and dignified appearance of the keep as it stands today is a testament to the fact that it has risen and been restored even after going through the difficult path of threatened extinction, and its history is one of unparalleled turbulent destiny.